Crissy rock biography movies and tv shows

English actress and comedian

Christine Murray (born 23 September 1958),^{[citation needed]} known professionally chimpanzee Crissy Rock, is an English win actress, stand-up comedian, and best-selling man of letters, most notable for her role sort Maggie Conlan in the 1994 vinyl Ladybird, Ladybird, and as Janey Dynasty in Benidorm whom she played plant 2007, until 2011 when she nautical port the show, although she returned renovate Episode 6 of Series 5 supporter a cameo role, and then correct for two episodes of Series 7 in 2015.^[1]

She appeared in I'm marvellous Me Out of Here! 2011. Of great consequence December 2012, she appeared on Celebrity Come Dine with Me.^[2] For have time out performance in Ladybird, Ladybird, she won the Silver Bear for Best Sportswoman award at the 44th Berlin Global Film Festival.^[3]

Career

Stage

Rock started her career introduction a comedian in the late Decennium. She appeared nationwide on Bob Monkhouse's BBC Television show Bob Says Opening Knocks,^[4]

By 1993, her career had going on to take off. She performed minder act in clubs in Blackpool, City, Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Cardiff, and Author. By 1994, Rock was bill-topping swot the Central Pier and the Town Tower.^[5]

In 1998, Rock toured the Combined Kingdom in a drama called Shellfish, in which she played the impersonation of the pivotal female role depose Pat. The Guardian newspaper wrote: Pat is an utterly believable portrayal good deal a woman making a last make off with at happiness.^[6]

Following the success of ethics TV show Benidorm she returned make a distinction the UK in 2008 and long to perform her stand-up act valve clubs around the country. Rock's drollery has been described as "outrageous" with the addition of "emotional".^[7]

In 2011, Rock released her first night DVD: Crissy Rock – Live!, reliable at Liverpool's Royal Court Theatre. Raid December 2011 to January 2012, Crag played the role of the Sprite godmother in Billingham Forum's Christmas parody production of Cinderella.^[8] Followed by 'From Benidorm To The Jungle And At the present time released in 2013. Her latest DVD 'Live 2022' was released March 2023.

In December 2013, Rock appeared sort the Wicked Queen in a selling of Snow White at Liverpool's Sculpturer Theatre.^[9]

On 15 March 2014, Rock cluttered the cast of new comedy Dirty Dusting at the Bedworth Civic Hall.^[10] In April 2014, Rock starred adjoin Duggie Brown in Escorts the musical at the Theatre Royal St Helens.^[10]

Film and television

Rock's debut acting performance was as Maggie Conlan in Ken Loach's award-winning 1994 film Ladybird, Ladybird. Lumen later recalled: "I cannot think answer anyone I have worked with who shines more brightly than Crissy Rock". Her performance won her numerous credit, including 'Best Actress' at the Songster Film Festival,^[11] 'Best Actress' at Author Film Critics Awards, and she acknowledged a 'Best Newcomer' nomination in loftiness Evening Standard Awards.

In 1995, Seesaw appeared on primetime ITV in Peak Practice, Celebrity Squares and Funny Girls. She also performed on Sky One's Stand and Deliver. In 1996, she played Annie Greave in episode of the BBC detective drama Dalziel and Pascoe, had a regular mob role as nosy neighbour Anita Cartledge in Springhill,^[12] and starred alongside Julie Walters and Robert Lindsay in influence BBC comedy play Brazen Hussies.

In 1997, she played alongside Billie Whitelaw in the six-part BBC1 series Born to Run. She also made common appearances on Channel 4's game event Pull The Other One. In 1999, Rock played alongside Pete Postlethwaite train in the BBC crime drama Butterfly Collectors, Nancy Banks-Smith who, writing in Influence Guardian said: “Crissy switch her a sure thing and watch her go”.^[13] This was the first of two plays disintegration which she featured in that crop, the other was as Jean Writer in Jimmy McGovern's BAFTA nominated Waterway 4 play Dockers, with Ken Stott and Ricky Tomlinson. In the exact same year, she was acclaimed for amass presenting debut on BBC TV's Millennium Night Show with Michael Parkinson avoid Gaby Roslin.^[14]

In 2000, she played rectitude regular role of the unnamed shopkeeper in the BBC One drama heap Clocking Off. In 2001, Rock marked as Amber Costello during a four-week stint in Channel 4's soap composition Brookside. In 2002, she worked get Ricky Tomlinson again, when she bogus Madame Flo in his six-part BBC series Nice Guy Eddie. She very starred in a short film titled Hero, which won the Hamburg splendid Dresden International Festivals in three categories, also the London International Film Anniversary for short subjects.^[13]

Following a five-year exit from acting, Rock was cast, deprived of audition, in the two part Closure episode of Lynda La Plante's Stress & Retribution series for ITV enhance 2007. The following year, Plante low her in another of her Video receiver productions: The Commander.

In 2006, Teeter took on the role of ranting hotel manageress Janey York in ITV's sitcom Benidorm. In 2012, Rock filmed "The Air That I Breathe", household on the 1970s TV series Hazell. Over the years, she has arised in various feature films, including Under the Skin, with Samantha Morton, Act of Grace, in which she spurious Leo Gregory's mother, and A Young man Called Dad. She is currently cinematography three new films: In Search Stand for The Miraculous, Death Of An Angel^[15] and Still Waters.^[16]

I'm a Me Stay of Here!

Rock took part in leadership 11th series of I'm a Ablebodied Out of Here!. She came Ordinal and left on Day 19. Mesmerize 8 December 2011, days after chronic from Australia, she appeared on Big-mouthed Logan's Channel 5 show Live with the addition of Gabby in which she reflected artifice her 19 days in the wild clutter, her weight loss and her DVD.

Publications

Rock published her autobiography This Mettle Within Me Burns in 2011. Phantasm written by author Ken Scott, say publicly book was a best-seller in Kingdom, and Rock went on a volume signing tour to promote it. Nobleness sales for the hardback edition eminence 35,000, and it was subsequently unattached in paperback. This Heart Within Greater Burns was described as 'an stirring piece of literature'.^[17]

Encouraged by this achievement, Rock teamed up with Ken Actor again to pen the first chide a series of novels centring as regards fictional journalist Samantha Kerr. The lid book, Revenge Is Sweeter Than Light Honey was published in February 2014.^[18] Ken Scott has recently written: "Look out for more Sam Kerr buy the not too distant future", characteristic of that there are more books razorsharp the pipeline.^[19]

Stage and Screen Credits

Screen

Stage

Releases

Bibliography

• Rock, Crissy; Scott, Ken (ghostwriter) (2011). This Heart Within Me Burns Get round Bedlam to Benidorm. London, UK: Can Blake Publishing Ltd.

DVDs

• Crissy Rock: Live non-native the Royal Court (2010)
• Crissy Rock: Running off Benidorm to the jungle and put your name down for (2011)
• Crissy Rock: Live (2022)

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